AGL 39.10 Increased By ▲ 0.56 (1.45%)
AIRLINK 129.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-0.08%)
BOP 5.74 Increased By ▲ 0.13 (2.32%)
CNERGY 3.95 Increased By ▲ 0.09 (2.33%)
DCL 8.80 Increased By ▲ 0.07 (0.8%)
DFML 41.20 Decreased By ▼ -0.56 (-1.34%)
DGKC 89.20 Increased By ▲ 0.90 (1.02%)
FCCL 35.31 Increased By ▲ 0.31 (0.89%)
FFBL 66.65 Decreased By ▼ -0.70 (-1.04%)
FFL 10.86 Increased By ▲ 0.25 (2.36%)
HUBC 109.00 Increased By ▲ 0.24 (0.22%)
HUMNL 14.85 Increased By ▲ 0.19 (1.3%)
KEL 4.77 Increased By ▲ 0.02 (0.42%)
KOSM 7.07 Increased By ▲ 0.12 (1.73%)
MLCF 43.00 Increased By ▲ 1.35 (3.24%)
NBP 59.81 Increased By ▲ 0.21 (0.35%)
OGDC 179.35 Decreased By ▼ -3.65 (-1.99%)
PAEL 26.24 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.04%)
PIBTL 5.97 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
PPL 147.11 Increased By ▲ 0.41 (0.28%)
PRL 23.72 Increased By ▲ 0.11 (0.47%)
PTC 16.75 Increased By ▲ 0.19 (1.15%)
SEARL 70.30 Increased By ▲ 2.00 (2.93%)
TELE 7.26 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (0.41%)
TOMCL 35.96 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.03%)
TPLP 8.11 Increased By ▲ 0.26 (3.31%)
TREET 14.52 Increased By ▲ 0.32 (2.25%)
TRG 50.80 Increased By ▲ 0.35 (0.69%)
UNITY 27.25 Increased By ▲ 0.50 (1.87%)
WTL 1.25 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (3.31%)
BR100 9,859 Increased By 53.3 (0.54%)
BR30 29,720 Increased By 42.4 (0.14%)
KSE100 92,797 Increased By 493.1 (0.53%)
KSE30 28,940 Increased By 99.5 (0.34%)

The salvage operation to re-float the sunken oil barge Orion-I commenced here on Saturday morning after Eid vacations. According to its owner, Maslik Qutub, the weather has improved a lot and high tides have subsided.
Apparently, there could be no obstacle now in re-floating the vessel which will then be tugged away to port area for detailed inspection to ascertain the cause of disaster and make it sea worthy again, the owner said.
The Orion-I, one of about two-dozen oil barges operating in port area privately ran aground in the first week of this month in a sudden sea swell. It was carrying 72 tonnes of heavy fuel oil at the time of incident, but any oil spill was averted as its three-member crew secured the fuel tanks as soon as the vessel developed technical fault after water entered its engine room.
During week-long operation, salvage master and expert, diver from a Singapore-based salvage company worked relentlessly for transferring about 67 tonnes of heavy fuel oil from four tanks of Orion-I to another oil barge.
The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) provided necessary manpower and equipment to the owner to avert any oil spill. The KPT men also supervised the salvage operation till the vessel is brought to the shore.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2006

Comments

Comments are closed.